Thank you card

I printed this card for some time ago but added my logo on the back last week and remembered then that I hadn't posted it here yet. I was inspired by a friend who help me collect my letterpress type to do a thank you card.

Saying thank you can be as simple as the design on this, clean and straight forward!

Christmas card

I get my inspiration to do projects from people everywhere. Sometimes the inspiration is not how it looks but what to print. I have some Christmas cards I printed last year (will post them in a few days), but last week I got inspired to do new ones. These are rare and maybe a bit unusual in design, but I had a bit of fun playing with type and letters.

The process of my work

First I need to choose typefaces to use, place them together, set the spacing (with rulers and leading) and make a solid shape where all letters and furniture (the bits used around the type) is locked up so nothing moves.

When the type is locked onto the press (see above image) I can start taking the first proof for adjusting register and to build up warnout type.

First proof will easily reveal the types that needs to be build up with paper underneath. There is no "right" or "wrong" on how equal the type should print. I prefer a bit of different, and I try to always keep most of the texture in wood types.

How much that needs to be adjusted is different on every project. Final result for the first layer for this project is seen underneath.

Small card

It was during a periode where both me and friends had a bit of a down time in mood that I had to do a small piece of card to get myself to smile! This is also one of the first print I did with only my own letterpress type!

New documentary movie coming soon

This movie is about the linotype machine, and how it speeded up the setting of type for letterpress printing. For those that do not now or understand how the setting of letterpress type work (how I work), please have a look at this short clip from the coming movie :)

http://www.linotypefilm.com/

First proper printing with my logo :)

I was so happy yesterday printing with my logo for the first time. Printed it on some already finishing prints and on new paper/cards ready to be printed! It looks so nice, and I'm happy about it:) This images is not showing how well it looked, you need to see it with your own eyes:)

I got inspired from a girl at twitter to print some Christmas cards, well I was more playing and enjoying myself. When its done I'll show you!

Lovely new letterpress book

I just picked up this book yesterday! Just had a quick look through it, but I absolutely love it:) so much inspiration!! If you love letterpress, you need this one:)

Finally back in the studio

After a bit of Holiday, being sick and not able to get in, I'm back in the letterpress studio! I want to do so many things. What's really hard is to know what to start with. This is a small think I'm working on! Going to be some kind of selfpromo for my work:) Also I got more prints already done to show you, will post it soon:)